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it started with wilson in the 1970's. when you look at what the social lights said about cool nidge washington, how cold he was. he wouldn't meet with them. they were from families that endorsed different policies. especially roosevelt, he was a let's get them go bully. and here was coolidge, prisssi and cold and not giving out favorites. so he looked as though he had been weaned on a pickle. he was from new england. farmers don't talk a lot or waive their arms about because a cow might kick them. and it was temp mental of temperament. he was a shy person. butted the a political person. he knew if he didn't talk a lot people would stop talking. and a political leader is bombarded with q. and his silence was his way of not giving in to special interest. >> go back again to the college experience. you say he learned to like to speak. how did that come in and did he ever get in a fraternity? >> he got in a fraternity at the end, very end of senior year and it was a new one on campus. and he was proud. he wrote a let tore his
it started with wilson in the 1970's. when you look at what the social lights said about cool nidge washington, how cold he was. he wouldn't meet with them. they were from families that endorsed different policies. especially roosevelt, he was a let's get them go bully. and here was coolidge, prisssi and cold and not giving out favorites. so he looked as though he had been weaned on a pickle. he was from new england. farmers don't talk a lot or waive their arms about because a cow might kick...
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there are some very be heroes in the late 1980's and 1990's. anyway, that material, coupled with what i learned from the oral histories and the tapes that we released left me for the dismayed. a lot of what the good that the nixon administration did on domestic policy is the achievement of a lot of good government republicans who worked for him. there are some real heroes that i did not know about who my greatly admire and even went on to work in the george herbert walker bush administration. those are the people who deserve credit. on the tape, richard nixon often wants to dismantle these things. he is embarrassed that he is involved. if he had had a second term, some of the things that he is now credited with, some of the environmental policies, he would dismantle them. in terms of his approach to government, i believe that you should never use government to hurt people. and he sought to use government to actually hurt people. the fact that he did not do more of it is because a real heroes within the administration stopped him. and these are
there are some very be heroes in the late 1980's and 1990's. anyway, that material, coupled with what i learned from the oral histories and the tapes that we released left me for the dismayed. a lot of what the good that the nixon administration did on domestic policy is the achievement of a lot of good government republicans who worked for him. there are some real heroes that i did not know about who my greatly admire and even went on to work in the george herbert walker bush administration....
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i got to see china in the 1980's, the 1990's, and most recently. i have seen the development. >> you have been with "the washington post" since what year? >> a summer intern in 1978. >> what different places did you live in in the world since you first when to be a -- went to be an intern? >> 1986, i was in the philippines for four years. 1991, i went to nairobi, stayed there until 1995. then i went to hong kong. i spent a lot of time in indonesia during that time as well. in 2000, i moved to paris. i became the paris bureau chief for "the washington post." from paris, i was in iraq and afghanistan a bit. i traveled pretty much everywhere. came back to washington in 2005 to be an editor. in 2007, i went to new york to be the new york bureau chief. another fantastic job. i got a piece of the 2008 presidential election at that time. in 2009, they asked me to go back to china. >> you were here in 1997. i want to show a clip of that when you were here for a book about africa when you were stationed over there. where did you live? >> nairobi. >> let's w
i got to see china in the 1980's, the 1990's, and most recently. i have seen the development. >> you have been with "the washington post" since what year? >> a summer intern in 1978. >> what different places did you live in in the world since you first when to be a -- went to be an intern? >> 1986, i was in the philippines for four years. 1991, i went to nairobi, stayed there until 1995. then i went to hong kong. i spent a lot of time in indonesia during that...
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. >> i worked for him when he ran for president in 19's 76 -- 1976. i was managing -- i stayed out of that campaign because my wife was taking the bar exam that year. after being married long enough , she realized. >> where did you meet her? >> in washington. my roommate was dating her roommate. that was when men had male roommates and women had women roommates. >> i remember john sears being your roommate? he was not your roommate? >> john is younger than i am. >> who was he? >> john sears -- i was once writing a piece -- if i had one call to make in a political campaign, i would call john sears. my editor said no. i said, if i had two calls to make, i would make one to john sears, because you want people to think they would be the other call. john sears was a genius. he was 29 years old, and he and pat buchanan were the two people on the payroll working for richard nixon, who was coming back from having lost in a 1962 kennedy, having lost pat brown in california. his comeback campaign was basically 66-68. they did very well -- it was a good republic
. >> i worked for him when he ran for president in 19's 76 -- 1976. i was managing -- i stayed out of that campaign because my wife was taking the bar exam that year. after being married long enough , she realized. >> where did you meet her? >> in washington. my roommate was dating her roommate. that was when men had male roommates and women had women roommates. >> i remember john sears being your roommate? he was not your roommate? >> john is younger than i am....